I'm gonna start running the Amsoil at 10k. It will be fun taking the oil to the dealer (I told them that I didn't care what the financed in my car, so long as they took the SEL and gave me the Ti) during my free oil changes. No need for ramps, the only time my car goes up is to take wheels off (which seems to be quite frequent on this car)...

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Amsoil remote bypass filter is installed. Testing starts today, can't wait to take the first oil sample from it.

I did take a sample of the factory fill @ 945 miles. Will send it to the lab for base line comparisons. The factory fill was extremely clean.

Will report on mpg increases, if any. I do expect ~1 mpg average increase as I have witnessed in other cars.

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Yeah but the V8s have a lot more surface area to protect. Those ratios make perfect sense to me. A V8 should need substantially more sump capacity to provide the same oil life as a 4-cyl.

I'm not so sure, time will tell. This is a direct injected engine, and they are known to create fuel dilution issues in the past. I have not seen any UOA's from a 2012 Focus yet to see if it's an issue with this engine.

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Out of curiosity, why did you choose that location? It would seem to me that oil traveling over the exhaust manifold would get a bit of heat transfer, though the overall amount of extra line may negate that...

Also, is the intent to be able to remove the mount for oil changes? It would seem that it would be difficult to get a catch under that location. I didn't look in my bay, just at your pics.

Final question- Are you going to determine your OCI based on the oil analysis in regards to both the filters and the oil?

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